Handle-attaching device.



K. SGHIESS.

HANDLE ATTAUHING DEVICE. APPLICATION LEILED AUG 28, 1911.

1,043,146, Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Witnesses. Inventor- KARL SCHIESS, OF HERISAU, SWITZERLAND.

HANDLE-ATTAGHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 28, 1911.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Serial No. 646,317.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL SCHIESS, a citizen of the Swiss Republic, and aresident of Herisau, Switzerland, have invented certain Improvements inHandle-Attaching Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a device for holding the handle of abroom, scrubbing brush, or the like, so connected to its socket in thestock that, while it can be firmly secured to said pocket, it can alsobe easily removed therefrom.

According to the invention, the handleis screwed into a sleeve which hasitscopposite end fitted in the socket in the broom stock or the like.fitted in the socket is split into three parts.

Two of these parts are connected by means.

of a resilient bridge piece to which a thumb screw, threaded in thethird part, is swiveled. The screw and the bridge piece thus act as akind of to gle-mechan1smfor closing up the parts 0 the sleeve orspreading them apart when the screw is adjusted.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is illustrated, Fi re 1representing a side view of the hol er, Fig. 2, a bottom plan of thesame, and Fig. 3, a side view of the holder as fitted in the broomstock.

The device consists of a sleeve a having at one end an internalscrew-thread b for the reception of the broomstick. The 0 posite end ofthe sleeve (1 is split into t ree parts a, d and e of which d and e havetheir center portions connected bymeans of a resilient, bow-shapedbridge piece g, the latter being arranged at some distance from the endof the sleeve. A thumb-screw h is threaded in the third part c and hasits inner end swiveled to the bridge piece 9, as

The end of the sleeve which is shown in Fig. 2. From this constructionit follows that the screw it and the bridge piece Io will act as a kindof toggle-mechanism, the adjustment of the screw in the part c causingthe parts at and e to move away from and close up against one anotherand thepart c. The outermost ends of the parts are provided with anexternal screwthread f or with circular grooves or projections adaptedto take into the wall z of the broom stock socket and hold the elementssecurely together. It is evident that when the sleeve a is thus insertedinto the socket and the parts 0, d, e are spread apart by the adjustmentof the screw h, a secure fastenin of the stick to the socket takesplace. n the other hand an easy removal of the stick is eifected byclosing up the parts.

I claim:

A broomstick and like holder, comprising a sleeve having at one end aninternal screwthread for the reception of the stick, the other endhaving external transverse grooves for engagement with the broom stocksocket and being split into three parts, a bow-shaped resilient bridgepiece connecting the center'portions of two of said arts some distancefrom the end of the s eeve, and a thumb-screw threaded in the third partand swiveled with its inner end to.v the bridge piece so as to act,together with the latter, as a toggle-mechanism for closing up the partsof the sleeve or spreading them apart when it is adjusted, substantiallyas set forth.

KARL SCHIESS.

Witnesses ALBERT PHILLIPS, RANDALL ATKINSON.

